The famous fools gold loaf

[nolvis]

The evening of February 1, 1976, found Elvis home at Graceland entertaining
two favored guests in the jungle room. Capt. Jerry Kennedy was a member
of the Denver police force, and Ron Pietrafeso was in charge of Colorado's
Strike Force Against Crime. Elvis had met both men several years earlier
during his period of extreme interest in law enforcement, which culminated
in his surprice drop-in visit to President Nixon, who named Elvis a "special
agent". Tonight, as Elvis sat on his Kon Tiki throne chair in front of the
jungle room's babbling waterfall, the discussion centered on law enforcement
in Colorado. Elvis however, was reminded of something else. Colorado was
the home of the absolutely delicious sandwich, the best Elvis had ever eaten:
the Fool's Gold.

Elvis had sampled the sandwich only once, when after a concert he was
invited to a restaurant called the Colorado Cold Mine Company in the Denver
suburbs of Glendale. He ordered the house specialty, which was named Fool's
Gold because of it's outrageous price -$49.95. The first bite alone was
enough to make a lasting impression on Elvis.

Now, months later, Elvis was reminded of those sandwiches. Both of his
guests from Colorado were very curious about this extravagant treat. The King's
policy when enteraining in his rock and roll palace was to grant his guests' every
desire - your wish was literally the King's command, be it a game of racquetball
at four in the morning or a down-home Southern breakfast at midnight. However,
the "Fool's Gold Loaf", since it came from a restaurant in Denver, would stretch
the limits of even Elvis' notion of hospitality.

Elvis gazed across at his guests, who were comfortably ensconced on the Hawaiian
armchairs, cushioned by the rabbit's fur throw pillows. The conversation continued
to revolve around the sandwiches. One of the guys impulsively remarked, "Boy,
I wish I had me one of them now!", Elvis knew what he and his guests wanted and
the thousand-mile-journey to the Fool's Fold Loaf would not deter him. Elvis looked
at his friends and shouted, "Let's go get 'em!"

Before the lawmen knew what was happening they were seated inside Elvis'
stretch Mercedes along with another couple of Elvis' buddies, and whisked to
the Memphis airport. Elvis' personal jet, the Lisa Marie, was waiting for them on
the tarmac. As the four jet engines roared for takeoff, the excitement inside the
plane revved even higher as Elvis and his guests were about to be flown the two
hours to Denver for Elvis' favorite sandwich, the most mouthwatering sandwich
known to the King.

Ones aloft, Elvis, the lawmen, and the test of the gang gathered in the plane's
dining room, around its leather topped table sith surrounding bucket seats
upholstered in aquamarine plush. Though Elvis often snacked on the Lisa Marie,
in anticipation of the filling treat to come his only indulgence was a bottle of his
vine de table - regular Pepsi.

At the Colorado Gold Mine Company, the scene was frenzied. The call had come
in from Memphis at midnight. The cooks had less than two hours to prepare the
"takeout" order of their lifetime. The massive griddle was scrubbed clean in order
to fry up the huge quantitites of bacon required. The loaves of bread were quickly
hollowed out and then briefly browned. The other ingredients were always ready.
Miraculously, the staff completed its creation in the nick of time. The restauranteur,
his wife, and a waiter speed of off for the Denver airport with twenty-two loaves.
As requested, a case of Perrier and a case of champagne accompanied the
sandwiches, along with a chest of cracked ice.

Elvis' plane touched down at 1:40 am at Stapleton Airport and taxied to a private
hangar. The owner of the restaurant personally brought Elvis and his party the
order on silver trays. For two hours in the Denver night, the feasting went on.
It was typical of Elvis' generosity that he insisted that the plane's pilots, Milo
High and Elwood Davis, join the fun. Elvis, as usual, avoided the alcohol,
instead washing down the sandwiches with the Perrier. It was yet another
night of dining Elvis style on food fit for the King.

And just what is "Fool's Gold Loaf"? Far be it from Elvis to settle fon an ordinary
peanut butter an jelly sndwich. Fool's Gold Loaf is a p.b.j realized on such a
heroic scale as to become truly Olympian.

An entire loaf of bread is warmed and then hollowed out. The sandwich is
generously spread with peanut butter and an equally thick layer of jelly.
Finally, lean bacon has to be cooked, at least a pound fried to crispness,
to fill the reamining belly of the loaf. The massive loaf is then downed
while the bacon is still hot. The serving size? One loaf per person.


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Fool's Gold Loaf
2 tablespoons butter

1 loaf Italian white bread

1 pound lean bacon

1 large jar Skippy smooth peanut butter

1 large jar Smuckeräs grape jelly




Preheat the oven to 350f. Spread the butter generously over all sides of the loaf.
Place the bread on a baking sheet in the oven. Meanwhile, fry the bacon until it
is crisp and drain it thoroughly on paper towels. Remove the loaf from the oven
when it is evenly browned, after approximately 15 minutes. Slice the loaf lengthwise
and hollow out the interior, leaving as much bread along the wall as desired. While
the bacon is still warm, fill the insides of the loaf with peanut butter and jelly to
taste. Arrange the bacon slices inside the cavity, or, if desired, layer the bacon
slices between the peanut butter and jelly. Close the loaf. Savor.

Yield: 1 serving (Elvis), 8 to 10 servings (others)

From the book-The life and cuisine of Elvis Presley.

[jadedragon61]

Hey, man, as much as I love EP, I ain't chawin' down on that.

Just gimme a good ole banana 'n peanut butter sandwich, a root beer, n' cut on TWII.

[Raised on Rock]

I wouldn´t pay $49.95, for that, no way haha... no ofence Elvis, but that clearly spells "fool´s gold". Appart from that, I do love grape jelly and skippy's peanutbutter sandwiches, home made are about what? half a dollar? although I have never tried them with: bacon? haha I will try them with the bacon one day this week just for kicks and I´ll post here how does it taste...

[nolvis]

Don't forget the full loaf of heated Italian bread hollowed out.

[elvisdownunder]

When you're as rich as Elvis, stuff like that is worth like 1 cent

I'm trying to figure out how peanut butter, jelly, and bacon can go together well in your mouth.........

[Unchained Melody]

I heard about this story on VH1...they were doing some special on biggest celebrity spendings...thought it was pretty cool to see Elvis on there..boy thats alotta sandwiches .

[nolvis]

I think i'll try one for the heck of it,it sounds like it might actually be really good!!!I'll definately enjoy an ice cold glass of milk to wash it down too!!!

[Larry Dickman]

Nice post nolvis.......is the Colorado Cold Mine Company still in business?

[Tony Trout]

Nice post nolvis.......is the Colorado Cold Mine Company still in business?

The Colorado Gold Mine Company is no longer in business.....

[Larry Dickman]

Thanks Tony.

[Tony Trout]

Thanks Tony.

You're welcome...

[Raised on Rock]

Hey guys Ive arleady try it with bacon this mornig! missed the Italian bread used regular toast instead, had the skippy peanut butter and the grape jelly and fried some bacon, tastes funny, not bad, not great either, I rather have it without the bacon as always... I was still hungy and fried some eggs too, yeah well who cares about that haha... yep, cold milk was nice with that.

P.S. But yet even if Im richer than Elvis I wouldn´t spend my money on that, better places to spend a fortune on fill in your belly, but who know maybe Im just lousy at the kitchen and if a try one the way those guys serve it I might spend a thousand bucks on that.